Reminder that rare earths aren’t rare. Processing capacity is rare.

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Will to do the dirty work seems rare also.  We know where to get them but prefer to import which lets other countries bear the environmental & other costs.

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In the end … strategically this may make the most sense.  Our reserves are still available and extraction will only get more efficient.

Totally, that applies to both the mining and the processing.